Tag: PUBLIC EDUCATION
No End to JNU Crisis
Delhi Police lathi-charge JNU students on way to Rashtrapati Bhawan.
DU Teachers Protest Job Loss, Demand Absorption
DU Ad-hoc teachers demand absorption into faculty and raise issues surrounding job security.
IIMC Students Protest Unprecedented Fee Hike
IIMC students stage protest against fee hike and plan to launch a hunger strike despite administrative consolations.
Waking Up University Administrations that are Fast Asleep: Reviving a New India
University campuses have seen widespread student protests, but when will the administrators acknowledge the importance of public universities?
Poverty and Self-Respect in the Life of Students in JNU
Self-respect is the emotion animating the entire student resistance against fee hike in JNU.
Mandi House to Parliament: A March for “Affordable” Public Education
Hundreds of students, teachers and activists marched to Parliament to ask for an affordable public education infrastructure.
A Contemporary Understanding of Studentship as “Critical Thinking” in New India
The life of the student is the life of a “mind”. Expecting her not to articulate her anger would mean to not treat her as “mind” at all.
When its more Prestigious to be a ‘Cow’ than a Student of an Indian...
While students of public universities have no hostels to live in, the government plans to build more hostels for cows.
Public Education is a Right and not a Commodity, Why the Struggle at JNU...
Public education is increasingly being seen as a commodity in this neo-liberal age. The struggle at JNU is to reclaim it as a right.
Why is the JNU Administration Afraid of Talking to Students?
For a university built on the foundations of liberal thought, progress and critical pedagogy, what does the denial of academic freedom on campus entail for the future?